Chapter Fifty-Eight: The System's Frustration

Another big thing happened in Malutun recently. The old women and new aunties in the village no longer felt the cruelty of the heavy snow. They ran around the village in the wind and snow, and there were badgers jumping around in the melon fields everywhere.

The fact that the handsome new male educated youth at the settlement was going to marry the daughter of that shrew Ma Guihua was the first thing everyone said to each other when they met.

Before, the first thing we'd say when we met was, "Have you eaten?" Now it's more like:

"Did you know? Ma Guihua's daughter is going to marry the most handsome new educated youth?"

"What happened? I was just cooped up at home for two days and Ma Guihua's daughter is getting married?"

"What else could it be? He got caught cheating on his wife."

"Wouldn't Ma Guihua be furious?"

"That's pretty ruthless. I heard that the educated youth were even forced to take out their watches as a dowry."

Ma Zhaodi, completely oblivious to the fact that she had become a prominent figure in Malutun, remained at home, shyly preparing for her marriage, while Duan Yuyang, a member of the educated youth settlement, was so angry he almost vomited blood.

All he did was use his good looks, so how did he end up losing both his money and his lover?

Of the 500 yuan he brought with him, Ma Guihua took the 50-odd yuan he spent himself. She also took his watch and new clothes, saying she wanted to give them to his son. She didn't even leave him a crumb of milk powder, malted milk powder, biscuits, or candy.

With a gloomy face, Duan Yuyang sat on the kang without saying a word, pondering how to get clues about the Gu family's treasure from Gu Zuozuo. If Ma Zhaodi hadn't helped him search her room last time and found nothing, how could he have had a handle in her hands and been forced to marry her!

As long as he finds the clues in advance, he can go back immediately and gain both fame and fortune. Who would want to marry a country bumpkin covered in mud?

Gu Zuozuo, who was being thought of, suddenly sneezed loudly, startling countless snowballs into falling, and almost fell off the treetop because she couldn't hold it in.

[Host, keep your voice down. I won't save you if there's an avalanche.]

Before Gu Zuozuo could speak, a childish voice joined their conversation.

"Master, Xin Chun will come to your rescue! Xin Chun has an emergency rescue mode, so please feel free to have a blast!"

wave?

[Ahem... Host, let me clarify first, I didn't teach you to say that.]

Gu Zuozuo stopped in her tracks, opened the parchment in her hand, and decided not to pay any attention to the war of words between those two idiots.

She accidentally unlocked the treasure map while preparing medicine. It was then that she realized the scenery on the map looked familiar; the outer edge was the mountain behind Malutun Village.

[Host, the formation is just 300 meters ahead. Are you sure you can get there? For just 50 points, the system can get you safely through. No deception, quality guaranteed!]

Gu Zuozuo rolled up the treasure map and put it into her bosom. Hearing the system's doubts, she sneered.

"Don't worry, as long as I have a breath left, your wish to change hosts will remain just that—a wish! Also, you can fool me about my feelings, but don't even think about fooling me about my points!"

Inside the space, the system angrily stretched out a beam of light and slapped the quiet New Year, attempting to turn this little green tea into an idiot, all the while muttering to itself...

Does its host have paranoia? Why does it keep thinking that it wants something bad to happen to her all the time? When did it give her this illusion?

Besides, who would try to deceive her feelings? How could a legitimate system do such a thing?

The usually quiet Xin Chun suddenly had her arm transform into a whip, lashing the still-distracted ball of light away.

[You idiot, New Year!]

"Xin Chun isn't stupid, Xin Chun is her owner's warm little cotton-padded jacket."

……(˃ ⌑ ˂)

System... Suddenly!

Gu dodged and weaved, leaping and bounding, and finally crossed the formation.

I wonder who was so talented as to set up a trap here? If it weren't for the heavy snow blocking the mountain and reducing the effectiveness of the trap, I might not have made it here.

Looking back now, she suspects that someone may have arranged all of this in advance, given the series of coincidences from obtaining the treasure map, going to the countryside, learning light-body skills, to discovering the location of the treasure map.

A slender figure swept past over the uneven trees without disturbing a single snowflake.

An hour later.

Standing on the edge of the cliff, looking down at the misty bottom, Gu Zuozuo almost cursed.